“It’s what we do, you know?” Jay Leno said with regards to all the jokes at his expense in the recent late night wars, according to a brief transcript released Wednesday by Oprah Winfrey's production company, Harpo.

“It’s like being a fighter and say when you got punched in the head, did it hurt? Well, yeah. But you’re a fighter. That’s what you do.”

On the topic of whether he'd spoken to Conan about the events, Leno said, “It didn’t seem appropriate [to phone him to speak with him about it]. “Let things cool down and maybe we’ll talk,” Leno said.